Directory · WARN Act by state
WARN Act Layoffs by State
23 states have WARN filings on record. Coverage is deepest for California, Texas, Washington and Oregon, which publish structured, regularly-updated registries.
Texas has the most workers affected among states with WARN filings on this index
According to the U.S. Department of Labor, federal WARN generally requires advance notice for covered employers and qualifying mass layoffs or plant closings; threshold rules and exceptions apply. PlainLayoffs has compiled 9,006 notices covering 1,433,550 workers across 23 states as of September 2026, with Texas leading at 286,423 workers affected. This is not a complete 50-state census; coverage depends on each agency's publishing practices.
According to the U.S. Department of Labor, federal WARN generally requires advance notice for covered employers and qualifying mass layoffs or plant closings; threshold rules and exceptions apply. PlainLayoffs has compiled 9,006 notices covering 1,433,550 workers across 23 states as of September 2026. See our methodology for sourcing.
Coverage status: 23 of 51 states/territories have WARN filings on record, this is not a complete 50-state census. Coverage depends on each agency’s publishing practices.
2,414 notices · WARN threshold: 50+
1,071 notices · WARN threshold: 100+
1,205 notices · WARN threshold: 75+
1,001 notices · WARN threshold: 50+
1,024 notices · WARN threshold: 100+
379 notices · WARN threshold: 50+
629 notices · WARN threshold: 50+
5 notices · WARN threshold: 75+
545 notices · WARN threshold: 50+
18 notices · WARN threshold: 50+
433 notices · WARN threshold: 50+
266 notices · WARN threshold: 100+
1 notice · WARN threshold: 50+
1 notice · WARN threshold: 50+
3 notices · WARN threshold: 50+
2 notices · WARN threshold: 50+
2 notices · WARN threshold: 100+
2 notices · WARN threshold: 100+
1 notice · WARN threshold: 50+
1 notice · WARN threshold: 50+
1 notice · WARN threshold: 50+
1 notice · WARN threshold: 50+
1 notice · WARN threshold: 50+
No filings on record yet
These states publish little or no machine-readable WARN data. Each links to its state page with the relevant agency reference.
Download the compiled employer roster cited on this page: employers.csv (notice counts, workers affected, primary state and industry). Full CSV and JSON live on /data.